Jim Carroll

I Don't Hear You

Jim Carroll


The blue light flashes 
Billy feels its motion 
He says, "Should I go and set it free?" 
Black-eyed Suzie 
Picks up on the notion 
She says, "Put it in the lonely tree" 
He says, "Baby, we best sharpen our imagination." 
He says, "It seems like the rest 
don't comprehend the situation." I don't hear you 
All the words that come and go 
Don't say what I'm after 
I don't hear you 
Scream it through a microphone 
Whisper in a deadly tone... 
Don't hear you not you Jane's a dancer 
In quiet desperation 
She says: "What I give I give for free" 
Her twin sister 
Feels the same sensation 
But says, "You must buy it all from me..." 
She says, "oh, I feel best 
When the rest is all uncertain." 
She says, "Thoughts in my breast 
Just hang there like a burning curtain" I don't hear you 
You don't matter, you don't care 
I don't call that living 
I don't hear you 
What you say don't reach inside 
It is like you're gagged and tied 
I don't hear you He said, "Go with the flow 
Though the currents can bring danger" 
"You didn't know 
You were dancing with a desperate stranger" I don't hear
you 
I've been dealing With deaf ears 
I don't need no laughter 
I don't hear you 
It ain't hard to analyze 
I know what you're really after 
I can't hear you